{"id":2548,"date":"2023-10-25T21:15:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T21:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/themes\/evaluation\/how\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T21:15:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T21:15:31","slug":"how","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/uk\/themes\/evaluation\/how\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Your Evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When planning an AoP programme and its evaluation, it is helpful to understand the distinctions between evaluation, feedback, and research, as each serve different purposes in assessing and improving programmes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:260}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Evaluation is a systematic process aimed at learning about the practical implementation, value or effectiveness of a programme against predefined criteria, often incorporating both formative (ongoing) and summative (final) assessments. Evaluation has several overlaps with feedback and research, but the three terms differ on a number of aspects.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:260}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1984\" src=\"https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/21-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/21-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/21-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/21-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/21-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These distinctions help clarify the roles of different approaches, which will be useful when designing your evaluation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:260}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When planning an AoP programme and its evaluation, it is helpful to understand the distinctions between evaluation, feedback, and research, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2528,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-chapter.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2548","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2548\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aop.ndphs.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}